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Ἄγγωνες
angones
Javelins native to the Franks.
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339
Ἄγρα
Agra
A shrine of Demeter outside the city [sc. of Athens], near the [river] Ilissus.
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528
Ἀδριανός
Hadrian, Adrianos, Adrian, Hadrianos, Hadrianus, Adrianus
Sophist. A pupil of Herodes; floruit under Marcus Antoninus; as a teacher he was a rival to the rhetor Aristides in Athens. He was also sophist in Rome, and was secretary with responsibility for …
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Ἀθήναιος
Athenaios, Athenaeus
Of Naucratis. Grammarian. Lived in the time of Marcus. He wrote a book with the title Deipnosophists, in which he records how many of the ancients had a reputation for munificence in giving banquets. …
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734
Ἀθηνόδωρος
Athenodoros, Athenodorus
This man was an Athenian soldier. There is also another, a pupil of Dionysius the Areopagite; he wrote various works. Also another sophist; brother of Gregory Thaumaturgus.
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1002
Ἀκροθίνια
spoils, akrothinia
[Meaning] the first-fruits of the annual crops. But in the strict sense akrothinia is the name for the first-fruits which those [who make their living] out of importing dedicate, because they are saved from …
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1127
Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰτωλός
Alexandros Aitolos, Alexandrus Aetolus, Alexander the Aetolian
From the city of Pleuron; son of Satyrus and Stratocleia. Grammarian. He also wrote tragedies, and was consequently selected as one of the seven tragedians who were nicknamed the 'Pleiad'.
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1128
Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰγαῖος
Alexandros Aigaios, Alexandrus Aegaeus, Alexander of Aegae
Peripatetic philosopher; teacher of the emperor Nero, along with the philosopher Chaeremon. He had a son called Caelinus. This man used to call Nero 'clay mixed with blood'. In my view, bad pupils have …
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1628
Ἀμορραῖος
Amor(r)aian, Amor(r)ean
"Sihon king of the Amorites". But *)amwrai=os and *)amw/rion with a long 'o' [sc. are also found].
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1629
Ἀμμορῖτις
Ammoritis
Feminine; name of a city.
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1632
Ἀμοῦς
Amous, Amoun
An Egyptian. As a young man he was averse to marriage; but when some of his relatives encouraged him not to condemn marriage, but to take a wife, he complied and entered into a …
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1633
Ἄμουσα
unaesthetic [things], unpleasing [things]
[Meaning] unpleasant [ones], charmless [ones], boorish [ones]. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "and besides, it's unaesthetic [amouson] to see a poet who looks like a hairy yokel. Think of the famous Ibycus and Anacreon of …
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1638
Ἄμμων
Ammon
Name of a Greek god. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "we are your Ammon, Delphi, Dodona, Phoebus Apollo; for you come to the birds first before starting your work."
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1640
Ἀμμώνιος
Ammonios, Ammonius
Philosopher; of Alexandria; nicknamed Saccas. He was of Christian parents, but became a [pagan] Greek, as Porphyry says.
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1641
Ἀμμώνιος
Ammonius, Ammonios
Son of Ammonius; of Alexandria; an acquaintance of Alexander. He succeeded Aristarchus as head of school, before Augustus was monarch.
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1642
Ἀμωντιανός
Amontianos, Amontianus
A Roman, [who] became a senator.
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1644
Ἀμώριον
Amorion, Amorium
A city, and [a citizen of it is an] 'Amorean'; but [note also] Amorrean ['Amorite'].
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1817
Ἀναγαλλίς
Anagallis
[Anagallis], the female grammarian from Corcyra, who attributes the invention of ball-games to Nausicaa, the daughter of Alcinous.
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1981
Ἀναξαγόρας
Anaxagoras
A sophist, son of Hegesibulus, of Clazomenae. He was nicknamed 'Mind', since he said that matter and mind are the guardian of all things. This is the man who said that the sun is …
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1989
Ἀναξιμένης
Anaximenes
Son of Aristocles, of Lampsacus, rhetor; pupil of Diogenes the Cynic and the grammarian Zoilus of Amphipolis, who abused Homer; teacher of Alexander of Macedon, and accompanied him on his campaigns. When king Alexander …
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Ἀνδοκίδης
Andocides, Andokides
Of Athens; rhetor; one of the ten principal ones. Son of Leogoras, and a descendant of Odysseus' son Telemachus and Nausicaa, according to Hellanicus.
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2185
Ἀνδρόμαχος
Andromachus, Andromakhos, Andromachos
Of Neapolis in Syria. Sophist. Son of Zonas or Sabinus; he taught in Nicomedia under the emperor Diocletian.
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2191
Ἀνδροτίων
Androtion
Son of Andron; of Athens; rhetor and demagogue; pupil of Isocrates.
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2634
Ἀντέρως
Anteros
[Anteros], also [called] Apollonius, of Alexandria. Grammarian. He taught in Rome under Claudius, who was emperor after Gaius; Heraclides of Pontus also lived in his time. He was a pupil of Apion Mochthus. Extant …
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2744
Ἀντιφῶν
Antiphon
Of Athens, a diviner and epic poet and sophist. He was called 'word-cook'.
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2745
Ἀντιφῶν
Antiphon
Son of Sophilus; of Athens, of the deme Rhamnus. No one is recognised as his teacher; nevertheless, he was the leader in the judicial style [of oratory] after Gorgias. He is said to have …
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2746
Ἀντιφῶν
Antiphon
Of Athens, an interpreter of dreams. He wrote On the Interpretation of Dreams.
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2800
Ἄνυτος
Anytus, Anytos
Son of Anthemion, Athenian, rhetor.
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3215
Ἀπίων
Apion
Son of Plistonicus; nicknamed Mochthus ["Toil"]; of Egypt (but according to Heliconius, a Cretan). Grammarian. A pupil of Apollonius son of Archibius; he also attended Euphranor's lectures when he was an old man, more …
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Ἀπολινάριος
Apollinarios, Apollinarius
Of Laodicea in Syria. He lived in the days of Constantius and Julian the Apostate, and until the reign of Theodosius the Great; he was a contemporary of Basil and Gregory, the much-admired Cappadocians. …
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